Every week, Texas on the Potomac presents your favorite postings of the previous week. Today, we offer an encore of the top ten postings for the week ending May 14.

1. The Obama administration announced a blanket expansion of all offshore drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the pressure from Republicans, and even a few Dems, to increase domestic energy production. Richard Dunham reports>>>

2. Rep. John Culberson said President Obama’s call for cooperation on immigration legislation superfluous because they are already in agreement, but for strict enforcement of the existing laws. Richard Dunham reports>>>

4. President Obama visited El Paso last week to speak on immigration, and our readers wanted to find out what he said directly. Check out the complete text of Obama’s speech. compiled by Richard Dunham>>>
5. Former President George W. Bush talks about the killing of Osama bin Laden and how the news interrupted his soufflé. Richard Dunham reports>>>

7. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and three other Texas lawmakers crashed Rep. Michael McCaul’s hearing on border violence. Jackson Lee used it as a platform to voice concerns about “gun-running.” Sarah Tung reports>>>

8.Despite the Obama administration saying it offered 22 different kinds of federal assistance to Texas for the wildfires, Gov. Rick Perry, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn criticize the federal government for not doing enough. Richard Dunham reports>>>

9. Houston leads the nation in a dubious category: dog attacks on Postal Service letter carriers. Fellow Texans in San Antonio also made the top ten, tying for sixth. Richard Dunham reports>>>

10. President Obama’s trip across Texas last week to speak on immigration sparked reactions across the state. Check out this TexMessage for the varied responses. Molly Harbarger reports>>>